The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-03

i~"iS h1u oAyJ Jln2b,
lend me your pistol, | want to kill my.
self"
Second miserable man ~ was lust
going to ask that favor of you. I
haven't any and Miss Claire has refus-
ed me.n
Miss Claire Why, she is the
cause of my trouble"
"Eh! Has she refused you, tooH"
"No, shes been engaged to me and
threatens to sue for damages"
A joker told an old colored man of
Raleigh that the North Carolina Leg.
lslature was about to pass law max.
ing it right for a man to sell his wife.
The old man doubted, and asked an.
other citizen, who, to see the effect, in
tlmated thatthe report was true. The
old darby looked down a moment
scratched his head, and then said
well, sir, ef dat gifts TO be er law, my
wife-she go on de block, sho."
Six miles from Mackinaw, Ill, is a
bit OF ground about eighty feet square
that is always so warm that snow rnelts
as soon as it falls upon it. Il il said
that when the earth there is disturbed
it flashes like burning powder, and
that peculiar gas comes up from the
ground, which 30 far has shattered sy-
cry vessel in which an effort has been
made to confne it.
In 1850 the total expenditure for
schools in New York state was 81 ,6O0,-
600; now it is s13, 10000. There are
1852 male teachers and IS, 1873 female;
the average salaries in cities is SOL,
and in towns s261 the state still has
sixty-two log school-houses in its ter
ritory the length OF the school year is
39.7 weeks in the cities and 1915 in the
towns.
A bill recently introduced in the
Minnesota Legislature provides tina.
all railroad companies operating in
Minnesota and carrying passengers
shall furnish a special car built OF iron
or steel for each train Of cars, or that a
compartment Of such special car shall
be built OF iron or steel, upon which
shall be located all heat and light pro-
ducing mediums"
A proposition has been introduced
IN the Illinois Legislature to extend
the boundries Of Chicago 20 as to have
the city embrace all of Cook County.
The proposal contemplates the embol-
ishment OF the dual city and county
government and the consolidation Of
their several powers in one legislative
body.
Ex-President White has endowed the
Cornell university school OF history
and political science with his fine his
torical library. containing about 10000
volumes and pamphlets, and valued at
over 100000. The trustees have yos-
ed toname the new Law school the Pres-
ident White school oil history and po-
litical science.
River men are greatly cheered with
the belief that the Interstate Com
merce Law win prevent the railroads
from cutting under at points where
freight can be shipped by water. We
shall know more about that when the
Commission is appointed and gets at
work.
"Is this your fourth or your fith
marriage" she asked Of loud voice
Of an old woman on the car.
Hush Don't speak 70 loud
This is my fifth, but he's in poor
health and | may want to marry
again"
"And so you've joined a gymns.
sium!" he queried.
Eyes"
"Going to take lessons in the manly
art, supposed"
"Oh, no, | am simply going to
learn how to dodge rolling pins, PRESS.
boards, tea-pots and general house
hold furniture.
/ Whenever blindly addressed letter
with Hopper Street" on It gets into
the Dcad-letter Office it Is At once sent
to Utica, because that is the only city
in the country that is known 10 have
a Hopper street.
A boys father straps him later On
in life the boy straps the old man.
The Moody birthday fund for the
religious shools at Mortified has
reached about ks0n00